Exercise Time In The Yard

[Atragon9 0]

::The darkness of Atragon's cell is broken by a blinding light on him. After shading his eyes from the over-sensitization for a few minutes, he realizes that a door or wall panel is open at the far end of his long cell and nothing is being brought in to him. He gets up and moves slowly to the opening, realizing just how much this small exertion tires him out::

 

{Frak, Charlie has really kept me captive for a long time, if I can't just walk across a room. Then again, without my exosuit the gravity... The gravity! It's not 1G, I must still be on Titan or in some sort of compression chamber that allows for adjusted grav levels and ... }

 

::His thoughts screech to a halt as he reaches the door and looks out at Millburn Park::

 

{Feldercarb, will you look where I am?! This is no holosuite, this is really Millburn! I don't know how Charlie got the rights to build his evil empire right on our favorite park from our childhood, but I know every twist and turn of this park and a lot of places where I can... escape! I must be watched, so I have to take it slow}

 

::A9 steps out of his cell and into Millburn Park. There are no guards watching him, that he can see, but he knows it can't be this easy to get away::

 

{It's been so long since I've been able to truly enjoy the warmth, the breeze, the smell of the trees and grass. This is part of why I took Pegasus over to Titan in the first place, to get away - to get home. I need to see if I can get to the border of the park, see if I can alert someone to my condition, get a message to the fleet. Anything to help me get away from... }

 

::He turns around to look back at the door he walked through and it isn't there. No building, no entryway. Spinning back around, he realizes there are no people in the park, either::

 

"No. Nooooo!!!"

 

::He starts running straight away from where his cell had been. He's screaming and waving his arms and running wildly, a huge burst of speed coming from the realization that he is not actually in Millburn Park, just an extremely high-resolution holo environment to look like it. After a few moments, as suddenly as he started his run, it comes to an end when he slams into a wall that should be the start of a foot bridge over Taylor Creek. He hits with his full force and crumples to the ground, his hands digging into real dirt. He finally gets his breath back and looks around wildly, at the wall, the dirt, the sounds and smells of the park. Suddenly the light goes out all around him, but he still feels the dirt and grass under him. He starts to giggle in a strained and nervous voice and doesn't hear the approach of a pair of quiet footsteps until it is too late and a hypospray is pressed to his neck:

 

::His next sensation is waking up, back in his cell, smelling his own sweat and the dirt on his hands and jammed under his fingernails. He curls into a tight ball and starts to weep::